Some phrases used in writing are redundant by definition, such as baby kittens. What else is a kitten but a baby? Edit sentences to remove redundancies. For example, is something absolutely essential or just essential?

The following sentence has redundant phrases galore: The annual per capita expenditure is $2400 per employee, per year. Try this approach: cut the phrase annual per capita, leaving the sentence as The expenditure is $2400 per employee, per year.